Furnell Robert - Gaia
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Gaia was proposed in 1993 and since then, many people have been involved in the Gaia mission, whether at ESA, at industry side or at one of the institutes involved in the Gaia data processing. The Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC) is a collaboration which consists of around 450 scientists and engineers.
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As the current Gaia System & Mission Operations Manager, Robert Furnell is responsible for Gaia system engineering and mission operations. He continues to manage Gaia on-board software and the service module procurement. Robert joined the European Space Agency in 1998 following some years in Astrium UK working in radar electronics and simulation. Initially, as a contractor in ESOC, being part of the demanding ENVISAT spacecraft LEOP & operations control team, responsible for data handling & Software maintenance. He later became ESA staff and continued to support many missions at ESOC as system engineer & data handling/Software expert. Robert also contributed to ECSS standardisation, OBSW Maintenance & Simulator developments and other operations procurements during his time in Darmstadt (Germany). In 2006 Robert moved to ESTEC (Netherlands) to take up a position in the Gaia Project Team as Electrical & SW engineer. He quickly moved to become Section Head as Electrical Engineering & Software Procurement Manager in 2008. He has been the Gaia Service Module & Software Manager from summer 2010 to autumn 2012. [Published: 14/07/2011 | Updated: 11/10/2012] |
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